SMARTIES COOKIES
Buttery treats that hit the spot!
Ingredients
- 100 g butter
- 60 g unrefined brown sugar
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- 25 g custard powder The addition of custard powder gives a ‘short’ texture as well as vanilla flavouring. If preferred, you can use 150g flour and use 2 tsp. vanilla extract instead.
- 125 g wholemeal flour I have used wholemeal flour here for the added nutritional content but please feel free to substitute for standard white self raising flour and omit the baking powder.
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp milk
- 60 g dark chocolate, chopped
- 40 g smarties If wished, you can omit the smarties and just use 100g chopped chocolate.
Instructions
- Oven, 180c.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the butter, sugar and golden syrup until creamed together.
- Work in the custard powder, baking powder (if using) and flour then stir in the milk to create a soft dough.
- Stir in the chopped chocolate then scoop out walnut sized pieces of the dough and roll into balls.
- Place on a greased/lined baking tray then bake for 10 - 12 mins until pale golden on the edges. Half way through cooking, press the dough down slightly with a spatula/fork and using smarties, share them between the cookies, pressing them in slightly.
- Leave to cool for 5 mins on the tray then transfer to a cooling rack. The cookies will keep for about a week in an airtight container if they last that long!
Notes
Nutritional Information:
These cookies are by no means choc full of nutritious ingredients, pardon the pun!, but there are some benefits.
They have less sugars than standard versions which is always a good thing!
If using wholemeal flour, it increases B vitamin (needed to release energy from nutrients and a healthy nervous system) and vitamin E content helping wound healing and healthy red blood cells) as well as insoluble fibre essential for good digestive health and stabilising blood sugars.